Mumbai, Oct. 14 -- India's growing artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions are opening up opportunities for smaller network infrastructure players to challenge established operators for a share of the country's connectivity market. Singapore-based Lightstorm Telecom Connectivity Pvt. Ltd, which entered India seven years ago, is one such company. It has spent $500 million on fibre networks, data centre connectivity and subsea cables linking India to the rest of the world.

In an interview with Mint, Amajit Gupta, group chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) of Lightstorm, said the company has already spent nearly $500 million (around Rs.4,750 crore today) on two projects. These include an 'AI corridor' that connects key un...